# NASA has found something "significant" on mars! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994 "2004-03-01T23:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/41 "2004-03-02T17:22:03Z")
They found a single footprint… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/42 "2004-03-02T17:27:16Z")
> [@r\_k](#): > > [This is my best guess](http://tinyurl.com/3b9gr) > > 🙂 > > (All my own work…) **r\_k** – it’s Fluffy! He ran away from the car when we pulled over at that truck stop on the way to Jersey, gosh, must’ve been two years ago now. Oh, I’m so happy to have found him again! D’you think NASA will bring him home to us? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/43 "2004-03-02T17:30:15Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Or maybe a jewel encrusted egg to put in their trophy case… Like [this](http://www.oddworld.be/images/mpeggalien.jpg), you mean? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/44 "2004-03-02T17:37:12Z")
**Bruce\_Daddy** ’s cell phone? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4568183&postcount=81](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4568183&postcount=81) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/45 "2004-03-02T17:44:33Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > **Bruce\_Daddy** ’s cell phone? > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4568183&postcount=81](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4568183&postcount=81) You need to keep clicking the “next” button to get the full visual story 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/46 "2004-03-02T19:06:08Z")
Turns out that the area they landed in was “once drenched with liquid water”. The press conference is going on right now, live on CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/47 "2004-03-02T19:37:43Z")
They found Klingons. And all this time, the Enterprise was looking for them around Uranus… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/48 "2004-03-02T20:00:35Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > "The good news is, we’ve found water. The bad news is, immediately before we found it, the rover picked up the words “Wonder Twin Powers, activate.” Thank you very much. You just got me in trouble with my boss for using the internet for a non-work related purpose. How did he know? I busted out laughing so loud the next building over probably heard me. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/49 "2004-03-02T20:49:45Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Sounds cool! My dream is that they found a fossil, but I know that’s way too much to hope for. In total agreement here. Can you imagine how exciting it would be to be alive during the time when we find certain proof that life exists/existed elsewhere in our universe? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/50 "2004-03-02T20:58:36Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Such a reference deserves acknowledgment. Kudos. Or a viscous material. Or possibly a thief. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/51 "2004-03-02T21:38:29Z")
> [@rexnervous](#): > > In total agreement here. Can you imagine how exciting it would be to be alive during the time when we find certain proof that life exists/existed elsewhere in our universe? What if we found out we were all the genetic rejects of a former colony on mars. Sorta like a penal colony like Georgia and Australia were. And our memories were erased and filled with nonsense… This suddenly explains _everything_. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994/52 "2004-03-02T21:58:29Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > What if we found out we were all the genetic rejects of a former colony on mars. Sorta like a penal colony like Georgia and Australia were. And our memories were erased and filled with nonsense… > > This suddenly explains _everything_. Well, it would explain our president… ::rimshot:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-found-something-significant-on-mars/231994.md?page=2)